IELI 2470 Cross-Cultural Perspectives Unit 7 Review Name

Task A: Vocabulary review

Review the key vocabulary from chapter 7 (these are less-common/academic terms that are used more than once in the
chapter). Put a check by each word you know well—words you are confident you can both understand and use. For the
words you don’t check, make sure to add them to your vocabulary review app/notebook/cards/system.

(n) ethnicity (n) an identity (v) a tribe

(adj) ethnic (n) identification (adj) tribal
(n) a sociologist (n) an ancestry (n) an instance
(adj) dominant (n) a heritage (adj) subtle
(v) to embrace (v) to exemplify
(n) a nationality (n) a class

Task B: Reading and test-prep with the “Suggested Focus” questions

At this point (3/27) we’ve finished reading Chapters 1 – 7 of Speaking of Culture. Here are the “Suggested Focus”
questions from chapter 7.

1. Give a one-sentence definition of ethnicity. List some features often associated with ethnicity. Identify some other
terms that also might suggest ethnicity?

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2. Why do many scholars now think it is incorrect to define ethnicity in terms of shared culture? How do they now prefer
to define it?

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3. If race is not biological category, and it is not a cultural category, what is it? How does Appiah prove that racial
identification is not necessarily a cultural affair?

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4. In what way do social classes seem to exhibit cultural differences?

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5. What is the difference between a country, a nation, and a nation-state? How is a nation like an ethnic group, and how
is it different?
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6. Identify two forms of nationalism. How are they similar and how are they different? What does the work of Theiss-
Morse teach us about American national identity?

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